miltonkeynesmum,
You might try the polenta or cornmeal (make sure that it's organic) as a soft breakfast food like soft cooked rice, cooked oatmeal, cooked cracked grains, etc.
A recipe that I have been introduced to lately calls for 2 cups of water, a pinch of seasalt, bring to a boil, add a 1/4 cup of cornmeal, turn down the flame, and gently stir (using a flat angle-tipped wooden spatula) for about three minutes.
You will notice a delightfully delicious sweet corn smell emanating from the pot and the grain should turn a little shiny, and somewhat soft.
Let it cool for a couple of minutes before serving.
one can add other grains (in smaller amounts) like cooked rice, oats, or wheat, cooked cracked grain.
Have a condiment like gomashio to add a little richness to your bowl of cornmeal.
A fourth bean that has been included lately to the three beans is black soybeans.
Make sure that your beans are organically grown for the best nutrition and taste.
The best black soybeans are the ones grown on the island of Hokkaido
http://www.qualitynaturalfoods.com/shopnew/beans.html in Northern Japan.
Like all dried beans and pulses one should pick through them for pebbles, twigs, etc, before soaking them overnight and like garbanzo beans or chickpeas, they need to be brought to a boil and skimmed of the foam and bean skins that rise to the surface before resuming the regular cooking.
The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health: A Complete Guide to Preventing and Relieving More Than 200 Chronic Conditions and Disorders Naturally by Michio Kushi and Alex Jack
http://www.qualitynaturalfoods.com/s...345439872.html
Interestingly enough, I've found out from Warren Kramer that chicken is just as yang as beef and takes as long for the body to eliminate the chicken quality energy than from other meat products, so you folks out there that think, "Oh, I'm eating a white meat (like some fish), so I'm okay!" are just fooling yourselves.
According to Michio and Alex in their "Macrobiotic Path to Total Health" tell about chicken making the body tight, hard, and inflexible, especially in the muscles, bones, and nerves. Did you know that chicken, eggs, and other poultry are acid, mucus, and fat-forming.
If you are becoming macrobiotic, and especially trying to heal yourself of any specific condition, I would consider laying off the poultry and other dense animal foods.
A little bit of white meat fish once in awhile should satisfy some of those animal food cravings and as you eat more and more balanced macro diet you will find that you won't need that much animal food in your diet.
If feeding a carnivore every day makes you think that you need to be one, think again and make sure that there are always whole grains and vegetables on the table, so that your hubby can partake when he feels like it.
I hope that I have been helpful.
Thank you, very much.
Bruce Paine